Go here to read all about it. This is what the Lavender Mafia wants to replace Catholicism with. This mentally ill man was an atheist. He was as entitled to a Catholic funeral service as a dog is, which is probably an insult to innocent dogs. This was demonic in intent and you can rest assured that nothing will be done about it.
Update:
A swifter reaction than I expected:
Only the beginning… Armies of flying monkeys are gathering to descend this coming Month of June in search of “blessings”.
Someone is surprised that Dolan in NYC has no objection?
Don’t let the affability fool you, he has not been a friend to orthodoxy. I pray for this man and his misguided embrace of the alphabet cause.
Don’t let the affability fool you, he has not been a friend to orthodoxy..
Satan is affable, until he isn’t. This happens as soon as you sign on to what he’s pitching.
You’re absolutely right, Donald and fellow commenters, nothing will be done by Dolan or his minions. He showed his true colors when he caved in and allowed the venerable NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade to be hijacked by the alphabet mob. The term once used inaccurately to describe Ronald Reagan unfortunately applies to Cardinal Dolan, in my opinion: he is an amiable dunce. And to think he grew up only a couple of miles from me back in the St. Louis suburbs, and his youth baseball team and mine were in the same league, although he’s four years older than I am, so we never actually played against each other. Nevertheless, I used to be sort of proud of that, but no longer. Sigh. 😢
I’ve adopted the policy that the clergy are never to be trusted unless they prove themselves benign.
Art D, Yes. Did you ever in your worst nightmare think you’d see a man in a Roman collar or with a bishop’s miter and assume he was a pederast, pedophile, pervert and/or predator unless proven innocent? Guy, Texas
PS: and can you keep a straight face when any of them ask for our money?
I have noted in this forum previously about the Church ditching the provisions in Canon Law regarding public funerals of those engaged in scandalous unrepented behavior. If such as this is going to be the norm, at least have the honesty to remove that part of Canon Law. Better to not have than flaunting the sacred to meet some current demonic fad. I think the Almighty will have the last word on the deceased and those who purport to honor his life.
Horrible.
Would it be possible to have a priest bless a ton or so of road salt, to be spread on the floor of the cathedral?
Thanks for the update, Donald. Apparently my judgment of Cardinal Dolan may have been too harsh, as I assumed something like this could not be done without the knowledge of someone in authority. The cynic would say, “Oh, they just reacted to the outrage, and suddenly decided to join in.” I won’t say that, but will give them the benefit of the doubt, for now at least. Let’s see if this is followed up by some more public statements of the same sort, preferably by His Eminence himself.
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Next they will we using St Patrick’s Cathedral as a hire hall for bingo night.
More information appears to be coming forth regarding the scandalous Feb. 15th funeral at St. Patrick’s for “Cecilia” Gentili.
Fr. Edward Daugherty, MM, who was up until about three years ago, superior general of the worldwide Maryknoll Society, now a staff priest at St. Patrick’s, appears to have been blindsided by the funeral appointment made through the cathedral office. His past background indicates no known affiliations with gay or trans political movements. Reports indicate that shortly after the commencement of what was to have been a funeral Mass, an announcement was made, a last minute change, which was acknowledged by Fr. Daugherty, that this would now only be “a funeral service” and commendation, and there would be no liturgy of the Eucharist.
Usually staff priests at the Cathedral are simply assigned to Masses, funerals, and other sacramental rites. All arrangements are made by the cathedral staff, not by the priests themselves. Joseph Zwilling, the Communications Director for the New York diocese, said “we don’t do a background check on persons requesting a funeral” at St. Patrick’s (it appears it may be time to change that policy).
‘The funeral was organized by Ceyenne Doroshow, founder of Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society (GLITS), who saw St. Patrick’s Cathedral as a fitting venue for Gentili’s “iconic status.”’
“However, Doroshow admitted to the New York Times not disclosing Gentili’s transgender identity to the church officials, stating, “I kind of kept it under wraps.”
That such a scandal occurred at ‘America’s Parish Church’ makes it worse,” Father Salvo said in his statement. “That it took place as Lent was beginning, the annual forty-day struggle with the forces of sin and darkness, is a potent reminder of how much we need the prayer, reparation, repentance, grace, and mercy to which this holy season invites us.” (also, ABC News)
It sounds like this was a classic, quite deceptive “punking” of the New York diocese, the cathedral staff, the rector, Daugherty, and all Catholics everywhere by the radical gay/trans group.
Maybe the St. Patrick’s staff and cathedrals and organizations everywhere can learn something from this insulting episode.
Thanks, Steve. How sad that we’ve reached a point where it seems prudent to do research on people before allowing them to schedule liturgical or sacramental events in our churches!
As for me, I will be offering my own prayers of reparation, not only for the desecration of the Cathedral, but for my own rush to judgment on the matter.
A Holy Lent to all!
So, just anyone who requests it can have a funeral Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral? I’m afraid I’m skeptical about all this. Maybe, while they’re screening funeral applicants, they might want to screen office staff as well?
All they wanted was a papal blessing. Some priests who refused the Holy Eucharist to lesbians who demanded the Eucharist were cancellec by the hierarchy.
A statue of Bhudda was placed on the tabernacle in the cathedral of St. Francis in Asissi. Where is the cathedral?
Will Gentili be bringing his chromosomes to where he is going?
So, just anyone who requests it can have a funeral Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral?
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The claim being made is that due diligence at the Cathedral is zero and that’s their defense.
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The last funeral for which I had some personal responsibility was that of my mother. The clergyman we contacted (an Episcopal vicar) was at least tangentially acquainted with her and was in the employ of a parish where she’d been a registered member for 30 years. He sat down with me to get some background for a eulogy in order to avoid sticking his hoof in it. (He didn’t know her well enough to compose an informed eulogy with any observations original to himself and the one he offered was mercifully generic). If he’d had any suspicions about the 80 year old widow over whose service he was presiding, a phone call to the departed rector’s widow would have sufficed for data and referrals.